Mr. Archibald J. Campbell, to whom we owe this interesting information, says: "It is of great 

 importance that eggs of all these diminutive waders are now known, because 'doctors differ,' and the birds have 

 been placed under six or more genera. (iould, who was dubious of his own classification, and alluding to one of 

 the Crakes, stated, ' I can assure them (the rising ornithologists, and I may add oologists, of Australia) that the 

 study of the eggs will greatly assist them in assigning the birds to which they belong to their proper genus.' " 



The young birds dill'er from the adidts in having faint marks on the face, in having the crown of the 

 head brown instead of brownish black, and the sides of the neck and flanks deep buff instead of grey. 



The face has a streak of greyish white from the upper mandible extending behind the eye ; from the eye 

 to the gape, a broad patch of black ; crown of the head and upper surfaces, brownish black ; each feather, except 

 those on the head, margined with a light reddish tinge, which is very conspicuous on the wing coverts and 

 shoulders ; wings, pale brown ; sides of the head, back, and breast, grey ; chin and centre of abdomen, white ; 

 Hanks and under tail eo\ erts, rufous red; upper mandible, reddish brown; legs and feet, olive green, splashed with 

 bright ash colour. 



Total length, six inches and a-half. 



Habitats : Port Darwin and Port Essington, Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, AVide Bay 



District. 



